Food Safety

Now Dried Fruit Is Hit by Food Scandal
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6cc22454c1fe6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Government

汪洋：乌坎民主选举有法可依 (Guangdong Secretary Wang Yang: Legal Basis for Democratic Election in Wukan)
Shenzhen Satellite TV, April 27, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/d/ba/dba132f6ab6a3e3d/Blog/719/c4e480.html

环境信息公开办法试行4年违法信息公开成薄弱环节 (Blue Paper: Disclosure of Illegal Environmental Information Seen as Weak Link in Four Years of Trial Measures on Open Environmental Information)
Legal Daily, April 27, 2012
http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/index_article/content/2012-04/27/content_3530522.htm

Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Activist Fears 'Insane Retribution' on Family after Escape
The Guardian, April 27, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/27/chinese-activist-fears-insane-retribution

Related:
Blind Lawyer Chen Guangcheng Reported Missing, Brother Taken Away, Nephew Fears for His Own Life
陈光诚下落不明
Human Rights in China, April 27, 2012
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/5991
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/5992

Law

人大修法剑指双重国籍问题 (Amendments to Exit/Entry Regulations to Deal Aimed at Dual-nationality Issue)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 27, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/e/0e/e0e9ac104fdeb345/Blog/54d/2a654e.html

Politics

China Reform Drive Boosted by Bo’s Fall
Financial Times, April 26, 2012
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/0b426bc4-8f97-11e1-98b1-00144feab49a.html

Lawyer Wronged in Bo's Crackdown Fights Back
South China Morning Post, April 27, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=cf620a8248fe6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Protests and Petitions

四川官员疑吞善款引发近千人示威 (Nearly 1K Villagers Protest Suspected Embezzlement of Quake Donations in Sichuan)
Radio Free Asia, April 26, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/protest-04262012095100.html

Environment

Bo May Be Gone But His Pet Project Is Going Ahead
South China Morning Post, April 26, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=5930caeb55ae6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Hong Kong

版權條例網民狂轟 建制三黨未定意向 (Netizens Tear Apart "Article 23-esque" Draft Copyright Ordinance Revisions)
AM730, April 26, 2012
http://www.am730.com.hk/article.php?article=101330&d=1739

Related:
Law Revisions Give More Protection over Parodies
South China Morning Post, April 21, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=fe06a1d28dfc6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

Human Rights Defenders

多名贵州异议人士受打压 (Guizhou Dissidents under Intense Pressure)
Radio Free Asia, April 25, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/dissident_a-04252012114940.html

Law

法院能否终结血拆 (Can the Courts Put an End to Violent Demolitions?)
Southern Weekly, April 25, 2012
http://www.infzm.com/content/74365

Military

郭伯雄：不听政治谣言 (Central Military Commission Vice Chair Guo: Pay No Attention to Political Rumors)
Ming Pao, April 26, 2012
http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120426/ca40912a.htm

Related:
郭伯雄在驻京军队院校调研时强调 坚持从严治校从严治教从严治学 不断提高教学科研水平和人才培养质量
PLA Post, April 25, 2012
http://jz.chinamil.com.cn/newscenter/zongbu/content/2012-04/25/content_4844373.htm

Protests and Petitions

送“截访先进单位”锦旗 长沙两市民被拘9天 (Changsha: Two Detained for 9 Days for Holding Banners Protesting Petition Interception)
Southern Metropolis Daily, April 24, 2012
http://gcontent.oeeee.com/6/9a/69a5b5995110b36a/Blog/85f/356433.html

Politics

Ousted Chinese Leader Is Said to Have Spied on Other Top Officials
The New York Times, April 25, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/world/asia/bo-xilai-said-to-have-spied-on-top-china-officials.html

Tibet

Dalai Lama Says 'Middle Way' Still Best for Tibet
Agence France-Presse, April 25, 2012
http://news.yahoo.com/dalai-lama-says-middle-way-still-best-tibet-231717368.html

Bilateral Ties

Chinese, Swedish Leader Discuss Human Rights
The Associated Press, April 25, 2012
www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1903283

Civil Society

民政部拟出台规定要求基金会加大信息披露力度 基金会应在媒体公布收支明细 (Draft Amended Regs Require Charity Foundations to Publish Financial Reports)
Xinkuaibao, April 25, 2012
http://www.ycwb.com/ePaper/xkb/html/2012-04/25/content_1376895.htm

民诉法拟规定社会团体可起诉污染环境等行为 (Civil Society Groups Can Take Polluters to Court in Draft Amendment to Civil Procedure Law)
China News Service, April 24, 2012
http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2012/04/24/195660.html

Related:
Draft Limits Scale of Class-action Lawsuits
China Daily, April 25, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-04/25/content_15131860.htm

Hong Kong

Poll Shows Half Think Media Self-censors
South China Morning Post, April 25, 2012
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=0422b7f0c94e6310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD

市民對新聞自由滿意度回升 (More HKers Satisfied with Press Freedom in HK)
Ming Pao, April 24, 2012
http://news.sina.com.hk/news/32/1/1/2644573/1.html

Human Rights Defenders

律师会见欧荣贵遭拒 诗人徐琳被证实刑拘 (Guangzhou: Lawyer Not Permitted to Meet with Client Ou Ronggui Due to Case "Involving Secrets")
Radio Free Asia, April 24, 2012
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/sy1-04242012095425.html

Internet

China Escalates Crackdown on Internet Amid Scandal
The Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303459004577364190134631110.html

Labor

Miners Get Help in Fight against Disease
China Daily, April 25, 2012
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2012-04/25/content_15132052.htm